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788261

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date	13/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	UN Human Rights Council: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they used to determine which state's candidacy to support in the recent election to the UN Human Rights Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Alderdice
uin	HL3053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK reaches decisions on votes on the basis of candidates’ human rights records, and their cooperation with Human Rights Council (HRC) mechanisms. The UK also considers candidates’ engagement and voting record at HRC, broader UK Government priorities, standing obligations, and whether a reciprocal deal can be made. The UK has a long-standing policy of not revealing our voting intentions in international elections, nor how we voted in the past.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/11/2017 17:19:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3478 label Biography information for Lord Alderdice

788290

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Funeral Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the maximum payment that can currently be made under the Funeral Payment scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments scheme comprises of two elements. The first element covers the ‘necessary’ costs of arranging a funeral, which include costs of a burial or cremation including the purchase of a grave. It also meets the cost of any medical references or the removal of active implanted medical devices for cremations, reasonable costs if a body has to be moved for more than fifty miles and travel costs for the applicant to arrange and attend the funeral. These costs are paid in full and there is no maximum contribution.</p><p> </p><p>The second element covers all other costs, which are subject to a maximum of £700. We have no plans at this time to review this component of the scheme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/11/2017 15:56:52 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

788311

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rights of Way: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds a public right of way may be temporarily closed.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Local highway authorities are responsible for the management and maintenance of public rights of way. Public rights of way should always be open and available for the public to use, but an application may be made to the local highway authority under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, for an Order to close or divert temporarily a public right of way for safety reasons, or to carry out necessary works.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/11/2017 11:45:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

786758

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Offshore Trusts: Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reduce offshore tax avoidance.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	112182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>This government has already made unprecedented reforms to the UK tax code to ensure opportunities to avoid tax by using offshore structures are minimised. In particular, the Common Reporting Standard means HMRC are receiving information on accounts held offshore, so they can make sure the right tax is being paid in the UK. Further, Country by Country Reporting (one of the OECD’s BEPS outputs) means HMRC have information on how multinationals are reporting their taxable profit around the world. The government remains committed to tackling avoidance and will continue to consider unilateral and multilateral actions that will achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:15:09 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

786759

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business: Tax Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average amount of recovered taxes that a member of staff in the compliance business stream of HM Revenue and Customs brings in annually.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	112183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HMRC has generated over £160 billion of additional yield since 2010 from tackling avoidance, evasion and non-compliance. There are currently 26,000 people working in the Customer Compliance Group tackling all forms of non-compliance – ranging from individuals operating in the hidden economy, through to detailed investigation of offshore structures and scrutinising the tax affairs of the largest multi-national companies. Given this significant variation in compliance activity, it is not possible to provide a meaningful estimate of the average compliance revenue recovered per officer.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:53:59 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

786760

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Trusts: Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle tax evasion through trusts and (b) open trusts to greater public scrutiny.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	112186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Tackling tax evasion is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs. This Government has given HM Revenue and Customs an additional £1.8 billion since 2010 to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>As promised in our manifesto, the Government is improving transparency and tackling misuse of trusts. The Government has established a register of trusts incurring UK tax consequences, enabling law enforcement authorities to identify beneficial owners of relevant trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is currently engaged with EU negotiations on targeted amendments to the Fourth Money Laundering Directive. These amendments will include increased obligations for trusts to register information on their beneficial ownership.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112187 112188 question first answered 20/11/2017 13:58:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

786761

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the abuse of privileges by trusts.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	112187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Tackling tax evasion is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs. This Government has given HM Revenue and Customs an additional £1.8 billion since 2010 to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>As promised in our manifesto, the Government is improving transparency and tackling misuse of trusts. The Government has established a register of trusts incurring UK tax consequences, enabling law enforcement authorities to identify beneficial owners of relevant trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is currently engaged with EU negotiations on targeted amendments to the Fourth Money Laundering Directive. These amendments will include increased obligations for trusts to register information on their beneficial ownership.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112186 112188 question first answered 20/11/2017 13:58:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

786762

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform trust legislation.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	112188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Tackling tax evasion is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs. This Government has given HM Revenue and Customs an additional £1.8 billion since 2010 to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>As promised in our manifesto, the Government is improving transparency and tackling misuse of trusts. The Government has established a register of trusts incurring UK tax consequences, enabling law enforcement authorities to identify beneficial owners of relevant trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is currently engaged with EU negotiations on targeted amendments to the Fourth Money Laundering Directive. These amendments will include increased obligations for trusts to register information on their beneficial ownership.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112186 112187 question first answered 20/11/2017 13:58:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

786763

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Offshore Trusts: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to establish a public register of the ownership of offshore companies and trusts.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	112189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Overseas Territories are legislatively independent and are largely self-governing: they have their own governments, legislatures and elected representatives, and do not have representation in the UK Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has established a register of all trusts, including those established offshore, which incur UK tax consequences. This enables law enforcement authorities to identify beneficial owners of relevant trusts. Further, the UK is engaged with EU negotiations on targeted amendments to the Fourth Money Laundering Directive, including increased obligations for trusts to register information on their beneficial ownership.</p><p> </p><p>Under the UK Companies Act, legislation on the Register of People with Significant Control can only be applied to companies as defined in that Act. Overseas Territories with financial centres and the Crown Dependencies have agreed to hold company beneficial ownership information in a central register (or similarly effective system) and to share this information with UK law enforcement on request. We have legislated, through the Criminal Finances Act 2017, to review by 1 July 2019 the effectiveness of these arrangements over the first eighteen months of their operation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:56:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

786764

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional tax revenue to be accrued from potential changes in the international tax rules (a) as a result of the G20/OECD project on base erosion and profit shifting and (b) by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	112190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The OECD’s 15 point Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) was developed jointly by G20 and OECD countries and was endorsed in 2013 at the G20 St Petersburg Summit. The UK provides one of the deputy-chairs for the steering group of the OECD’s Inclusive Framework on BEPS and is committed to implementing the OECD’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2013, the UK has implemented, or is in the process of implementing, 9 policy measures which are expected to increase receipts by tackling BEPS. Through these measures, listed below, we expect to accrue an additional £2.6 billion per annum by the tax year 2019/20.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Budget</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Measure</p></td><td><p>Total Revenue (£m/pa)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AS14</p></td><td><p>Diverted Profits Tax</p></td><td><p>£355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AS14</p></td><td><p>Hybrids</p></td><td><p>£90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AS14</p></td><td><p>Country-by-Country Reporting</p></td><td><p>£15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B15</p></td><td><p>Controlled Foreign Companies Loss Restriction</p></td><td><p>£150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B16</p></td><td><p>Offshore Property Developers Legislation &amp; taskforce</p></td><td><p>£640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B16</p></td><td><p>Royalty Withholding Tax</p></td><td><p>£120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B16</p></td><td><p>Corporate Interest Restriction</p></td><td><p>£995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B16</p></td><td><p>Hybrids Extension</p></td><td><p>£215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B16</p></td><td><p>Patent Box Nexus</p></td><td><p>£35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£2,615</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures reflect the latest published costings for each measure.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to work with the OECD to develop recommendations on BEPS, and any future measures in this area will be assessed and costed as part of the fiscal event process.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:51:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell